diff --git a/src/main/java/com/performancemodels/App.java b/src/main/java/com/performancemodels/App.java
index fc472ba..c74b54e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/performancemodels/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/performancemodels/App.java
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ public class App
 {
     public static void main( String[] args )
     {
-        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+        String input= args[0];
+        int moment = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
+        System.out.println("Start to calculate the moment");
+        double ex_moment= DistributionUtilities.getMoment(y,input);
+        System.out.println("The moment("+args[1]+ ") = " + ex_moment);
+        System.out.println("exiting from the program");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/performancemodels/DistributionUtilities.java b/src/main/java/com/performancemodels/DistributionUtilities.java
index 1d8aa13..aa91fb0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/performancemodels/DistributionUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/performancemodels/DistributionUtilities.java
@@ -1,16 +1,37 @@
 package com.performancemodels;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * Created by temp on 1/26/17.
  */
 public class DistributionUtilities {
 
-    public static double getMoment(int i, String FileName){
-
-        return 0.0;
+    public static double getMoment(int i, String FileName) {
+        String sCurrentLine = null;
+        BufferedReader reader = null;
+        double sigmaX = 0,moment_result;
+        double x,n=0;
+        // lets fire up a buffered reader and skip right to that spot.
+        try {
+            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(FileName));
+            while ((sCurrentLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                n++;
+                x = Double.parseDouble(sCurrentLine);
+                sigmaX += Math.pow(x, i);
+            }
+            reader.close();
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        moment_result = (sigmaX / n);
+        return moment_result;
     }
-
-
 }